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----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] piracy of judgment day > Hi Liam and all, > I haven't cracked any of your games, but I think I can offer up some > explanation as to why people are cracking your games. To understand you > need to get into the mind of a cracker and software pirate. > A few years ago, back in my late teens and early 20's, I use to heavily > be into the cracking and software piracy thing before I decided to go > clean. Usually what it boiled down to was a self-righteous attitude > like, "why should I pay for something if I know where to get it for free?" > On one hand I knew steeling was wrong. I would have never walked into a > Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or some place like that and stole a music cd, > software cd, or dvd movie off the shelf. I saw that as steeling and > criminal behavior. > On the other hand I saw nothing wrong with copying something. It is hard > to explain, but I had a thousand excuses why copying, pirating, was not > wrong. So and so was willing to give me a free copy, why pay for it if I > can get it for free, it is only a copy not stolen,etc. It never crossed > my mind weather I copied that music or software cd or stole it outright > from the store someone lost money from my piracy. > Bottom line at that time in my life copying or pirating something simply > did not bother my conscience. I can remember at college there were a > group of us tech types that passed around pirated software like it was > candy or bubble gum cards. When one of us got a copy of say MS Office we > would zip the cd and put it on Res Net. When Windows 98 came out whoever > got a copy burned copies for everyone else, or put it on Res Net for > download. We didn't think anything about it. It was just something we did. > Around 5 years ago I began attending church, and I started to reexamine > not only my life, but the way I viewed things. I concluded after a while > that weather I copied software or stole it directly from Best Buy, > Wal-Mart, or somewhere else it was still steeling. It took me a long > time during my baptismal classes to come to terms with that fact.I also > had to figure out why I refused to accept copying software and music was > wrong. You want to know why I copied software and music without a > conscience? > Well, the answer comes down to some very basic human desires. The human > heart and mind is greedy. I wanted that software, music, etc but I > didn't want to pay for it. If I paid for it that was money I couldn't > use for something else I wanted. I wanted everything, but I didn't want > to pay for it all. I actually couldn't pay for it all so I decided to > steel it, and then sweep it under the mental rug out of view of my > conscience. Then, excuse it by saying something like, "copying software > isn't like armed robbery." > In my own personal experience the only cure for piracy is a conscience. > Weather the person is a Christian or not they need to believe that > piracy is wrong. They need to recognize there greed, and hold themselves > accountable for that greed. They need to let go of their desires for > material things, and look for non-material things in life such as love, > friendship, happy memories, etc. To value the things in life that are > truly worth while, and can bring true joy. > Liam, I'd just like to say that the piracy and cracking of your games > has nothing to do with what you did or did not do. The people steeling > your games are simply selfish, greedy, unsympathetic, and unsatisfied > pinheads with no conscience. I sincerely doubt they even know themselves > why they are driven to steel, pirate, and copy. I sure didn't back in my > bad old cracking days. > Hope this helps. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
